Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ triggered in a lab

Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by orangepurple on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:08PM (#28842225)

You can't put a price on energy independence in a free market economy. Energy independence is a military objective and a matter of national security. The costs are difficult to put in perspective.

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by xondono on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:58PM (#28843655)

Of course you can. The price of energy independence is the lowest total cost that can keep up with energy demand.

The question is if fusion is really the cheapest way to do it, say vs alternatives.

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by nomel on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @03:56PM (#28844309)

> lowest total cost that can keep up with energy demand

It’s not trivial since it’s difficult to predict if that external supplier will eventually decide to twist you arm to maintain their energy stream.

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by 8note on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @03:47PM (#28844205)

Isn't it an insurance cost, for repaying when the energy shuts off?

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by BizarroLand on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:45PM (#28842694)

Oil companies are subsidized to the tune of Billions of dollars an hour. Subsidizing fusion energy would merely be redirecting that money to the greater payoff.

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by 420official on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:58PM (#28842882)

This is not true.. 1 billion an hour is 8.76 trillion a year yet you say "billions" an hour which would make it at least 17.52 trillion a year which is basically the entire GDP of the us.

Certainly oil companies are subsidized but not "to the tune of" the entire US GDP.

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by pstrateman on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:01PM (#28842922)

The hyperbole isn't needed.

Billions of dollars an hour is 17 Trillion dollars a year.

They're not being subsidized by that much

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by BizarroLand on Friday October 15, 2021 @01:42PM (#28880595)

I made a mistake, I should have said Millions of dollars an hour. Thanks for the correction

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by akimball on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:36PM (#28844750)

Count the socialized cost of environmental remediation please. It will run into the quadrillion zone

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by orangepurple on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:25PM (#28847540)

The entire workforce of the United States will be deployed with a vegan toothbrush in hand to scrub the Earth of all the hydrocarbons

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